【推荐2】A daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable. She didn’t know how she was going to ________ it. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon________. She was always worried and ________ of fighting and struggling all the time.

Her father, a chef, took her to the ________. He filled three pots with water and ________ each on a high fire. Once the water began to boil, he put potatoes, eggs and ground coffee beans into the pots ________. After twenty minutes he________ the burners. He put the potatoes and eggs in a bowl and dished the coffee out into a cup.

“Look closer”, he explained the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same ________ the boiling water. However, each one ________ differently.

The potato became ________ and soft in boiling water. ________ being fragile(易碎的),the egg became hard inside. However, the ground coffee beans were ________. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and ________ something new, whose rich sweet smell makes people ________

The father asked “When trouble knocks on your door, are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?” These words made the daughter lost in thought and seemed to cast________ on her attitude to life.

【推荐1】When Darrell Langworthy was growing up, Thanksgiving meant 30 neighbors sharing a potluck meal in the family driveway. “My parents worked at a golf course. They’d ___________all the workers to Thanksgiving dinner. They would never ___________anybody away,” he says. “If there was a kid in the___________who needed dinner, he got it.”

Today, Langworthy___________the tradition at his restaurant in Colchester, Vermont, where a(n)___________of barbecue and community service has made Mark BBQ a hotspot, Colchester is a small town on the shores of Lake Champlain, just north of Burlington, Mark BBQ is ___________by the locals for its brisket burgers, pulled-pork sandwiches, and Tex-Mex meatloaf (烘肉卷).

For many, Mark BBQ is also as top on the road to recovery. Enter: Recovery Kitchen, a program that brings former ___________into the kitchen to build service industry skills. The effort was___________by manager Casey De Guise, who arrived with a troubled history and even more___________

“He had been turned down for 35 jobs,” Langworthy says. “We said ‘Let’s take a chance,’ and he’s never let me____________.”

Langworthy knows that a little help can go a long way. “I had a time when I was______________ drinking too much,” he recalls. Now, he offers to others the ____________he once needed. He keeps cooler by Mark BBQ’s front door with ______________food for anyone who wants it. But his favorite pleasure is still watching full plates turn to______________dishes.

“If we can pay the______________and staff, we’re happy” says Langworthy. “If we can help the community, we’re happier.”

【推荐2】Estis, a business growth consultant, came across Lily at her work. She had _______ him so much that he wanted to share his experience with the world. Estis will never _______ the cup of coffee he had when he met with Lily at an airport.

It was _______ about giving service with a smile — Lily took the _______ to talk to him and showed real _______ and care by keeping listening carefully. Unknown to Lily, Estis’ father had been diagnosed (诊断) with a severe illness. When he met Lily, he was _______ home to spend the last days with his dad—and he was _______ that their conversation would make a difference to his views on life.

Lily works as a barista (咖啡师) at the airport’s Starbucks. Some might _______ see being a barista as just a meaningless job and don’t concern themselves with it. _______ , this is the kind of job Lily is always eager for. “I __________ to see people come and go. There’s a lot of energy in the __________ and it feels like a __________ — we’re all family here. There are so many different people from different countries __________ , and I want to hear all their stories.” Lily said.

When someone spends time making conversation __________ by truly hearing and seeing you, that’s when lives can really __________ .

【推荐2】In a small village lived a boy named Arjun. Arjun came from a family of a farmers who worked very hard day and night to make ends meet. However, Arjun dreamt of a ______ life.

From a young age, Arjun showed a thirst for knowledge. He was open-minded and always willing to   _____ . However, he had difficulty in ______ education. His village didn’t have proper ______ , and his family could hardly afford to ______ themselves, let alone spend money on his education. But Arjuns’ spirit remained ______ . He knew that education held the key to unlocking his dreams, and he was determined to find a/an ______ .

With the support and encouragement of his parents, Arjun started a     ____ journey. He walked for miles each day to reach a school in a neighboring village. There, he would sit on the ground for education, absorbing (吸取) every bit of ______ that came his way. Arjun’s hunger for education caught the attention of his teachers. They did everything in their power to ______ him. They provided him with books and gave him all the guidance they could.

Through many years’ hard word and determination, Arjun ______became a scientist. His research breakthroughs offered practical solutions to real-world problems. As Arjun’s achievement grew, he never ______ his hometown. He returned to his village, where he ______ the young, showing that dreams can be achieved through education and determination.

Arjun’s journey was not an easy one, but his determination and hard work _______. Today, Arjun stands as a symbol of ______ . His story teaches us that no matter where you come from, with hard work and a willingness to learn, we can achieve anything.

【推荐3】My family came to the Caspian Sea. Noticing my excitement, Dad asked if I wanted to ________ a swim. “You’ll have to swim in the ladies’ section(区域),” he ________ . The beach was divided into male and female sections.

“No,” I told him. I’d never been in the water before and would have ________ to splash (拍打着水游) around, but I didn’t want to be separated from my ________ .

When I turned 30, I moved to Australia for further education. On the flight there, I stopped at Malaysia and did some   ________ . My swimming skills were ________ , but the experience of being in the water was so ________ that I decided I’d do it again in Australia.

But to really deal with the sea with ________ , I’d need proper swimming lessons. My first attempt ended ________ . The instructor’s way of pronouncing words was so hard for me to understand that I couldn’t ________ the instructions. Instead, I ________ to teach myself by watching countless videos and practising alone.

Three years later, I became an excellent ________ and loved heading into the ________ as often as possible.

Thinking back to the ________ in those years, I knew there must be other people like me, so I ________ From Zero To Hero, an adult swimming programme. It’s a job I love, and I hope that I’ll let others keep making a splash!